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EIE-SurveyorImplementation of the Bologna-BMD system in Norway 111According to the “The Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education” (called Nasjonalt organfor kvalitet i utdanningen (NOKUT)), we have the following information on the implementation ofBolgna process in Norway:“In response to the Bologna Process which started in 1998, a Quality Reform was launched in 2001. Itintroduced bachelor’s, master’s and PhD degrees generally following a 3 year + 2 year + 3 yearmodel. The new degrees superseded the old ones (mainly 4 year + 2 year + 3 year, as e.g. cand.-mag., cand.-philol., cand.- scient., dr.-polit., dr.philos. etc.) from the end of 2003. The old degrees willbe completely phased out by the end of 2007. The Quality Reform also introduced a concept toestablish stricter quality assurance mechanisms in higher education which resulted in the founding ofan independent agency for quality assurance in education – NOKUT (Norwegian Agency for QualityAssurance in Education).”Norway has probably implemented the Bologna process successfully in all higher educationalinstitutions coming under NOKUT.Qualification frameworkThe authoritative organisation on qualification and accreditation matters in Norway NOKUT has thefollowing comment:“In accordance with the Bologna Process recommendations Norway is currently taking part in the workon the planned European Qualification Framework. The objective of this is to create a Europeanframework to enable qualification systems at the national and sectoral levels relate to each other.”All the universities and colleges offer Bachelors and Masters and as a result also a PhD within theBologna-BMD concept. Here follows a short introduction to the Bologna system. Presenting theEngineering education in the Nordic countries for own purposes and for the insight of others isessential. Keep in mind that this is dynamic information, because all the processes in the differentcountries are not finished yet, and the decisions are not yet final.11 Based on information provided by Professor Kjell Malvig, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, (NTNU)- 334 -